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The effects of inadequate food, housing, and health care on student attrition
Researchers at CUNY SPH have published a study highlighting the compounded effects of unmet needs for housing, food, health care, and mental health treatment on CUNY students' academic success and persistence to graduation. This critical research aims to guide higher education institutions in developing targeted support mechanisms to promote student health and degree attainment.
New Bronx Development Provides Affordable Housing for Vulnerable Seniors
The new Garden Towers Apartments is providing 150 affordable homes for seniors in New York City. Located in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx, the development includes 45 units for formerly homeless seniors who will receive on-site social services, including case management, health care, and meals. All units at the...
Jenna Stamps Named Dance Head Coach
BRONX, N.Y. – Jenna Stamps has been selected to lead the Fordham dance team as its new head coach, it was announced on Monday by Athletic Director Ed Kull. Originally from Massachusetts, Stamps is a professional dancer and choreographer with vast experience as a competition dancer in all styles, including acrobatics.
Yankees News: Giancarlo Stanton timetable, DJ LeMahieu benched, Omar Minaya
Another underwhelming series will conclude Monday for the New York Yankees. Just when you thought they were breaking out of their cold streak, they pulled you right back into the endless ineptitude. Make that 9-20 over their last 29 games, but who's counting?. Anyway, let's start with the good news....
Gleyber Torres, Alex Verdugo take Yankees fans to the brink after loss to Rays
No matter how badly Aaron Boone tries to convince New York Yankees fans, nothing is changing with this team if they keep the status quo. The trade deadline must bring momentous and cutthroat alterations or else they can kiss their World Series hopes goodbye. After their loss to the Rays...
New York CMV troopers take pickup out of service for weight violations
New York State Police (NYSP) nabbed a pickup truck on Monday for weight violations. On Monday, July 22, NYSP’s Troop F Commercial Vehicle Unit (CVU) stopped a pickup in the city of Suffern. Images shared by NYSP show the pickup hauling a dumpster overflowing with items, with the load...
Public hearing to discuss disannexation in Newburgh
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The AMAX Athletic Fields may no longer be a part of Newburgh. The town council is considering disannexation for the sports complex. A public hearing will be held Wednesday to discuss the matter. It will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Newburgh town hall, located on Jennings Street. The fields […]
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Professor Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer Recognized with 2024 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer has been named the recipient of Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s 2024 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes that outstanding pedagogy occurs in a variety of settings at the Law School—it can be found in courses of all sizes and types, in teachers with diverse styles, and across subject matters. Each spring, the Faculty Development Committee selects as a recipient of the award a member of the tenured or tenure-track faculty or a visiting professor with a contract longer than one year in duration. The award typically is based on the faculty member’s teaching during the current academic year.
GLEN ISLAND SAND ART COMPETITION RETURNS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3
(New Rochelle, NY) – Get your thinking caps on, assemble your team, and dust off your pails and shovels and register for the Glen Island Sand Art Competition, which takes place, Saturday, Aug. 3 at 11 a.m.!. Teams should be comprised of at least two participants, with a maximum...
Little League NYS All-Star 11s baseball: South Shore ekes out 2-1 win over White Plains in opener
South Shore Little League’s 11-year-old All-Star baseball team has had its way with its competition so far this All-Star season as the Tottenville loop is unbeaten in nine starts, while copping District 24 and Section 3 South titles so far. Sal Iacono’s nine got a major challenge from White...
Pennsylvania man reels in record-breaking bass weighing more than 12 pounds on Cayuga Lake
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar on Monday announced the breaking of a 37-year-old fishing record and congratulated James Britenbaugh of Pennsylvania on his catch, the largest largemouth bass caught in New York. On July 11, Britenbaugh reeled in the record-breaking 12-pound, 6-ounce largemouth bass from Cayuga Lake while practicing for an upcoming bass tournament. His catch surpasses the previous record largemouth bass, caught from Buckhorn Lake, Otsego County, in 1987...
Governor Hochul, Mayor Adams, and NYC Comptroller Lander Announce $500 Million for Affordable Housing
Agreement Designates Monies From the Battery Park City Authority’s Joint Purpose Fund To Be Spent for Affordable Housing. Builds on Commitment to Address New York’s Housing Crisis by Increasing Housing Stock With Safer, More Affordable, Quality Homes, Reducing Housing Cost Statewide. (WNY News Now) – Governor Kathy Hochul,...
New York DOT: Scary Footage of Near Accident in Work Zone [VIDEO]
Late last week, the New York Department of Transportation (DOT) shared scary footage of a near-miss accident that happened in a work zone in Otsego, New York. The summer is a popular time for road work across New York state. There are numerous major roads across the Hudson Valley that are currently under construction or undergoing maintenance resulting in work zones.
Digital Affordable Childcare Portal Launched For New Yorkers
Not long ago, we learned about the historic investment for New York State's child care assistance programs. On Friday July 19th, Governor Hochul helped to officially launch the web portal that will allow hundreds of thousands more New Yorkers access to those assistance programs. Digital Childcare Portal Launched For New...
NOAA Says New York State Will Stay Very Warm Well Into the Fall
While the brutal heatwave finally broke across New York state this week, meteorologists say the much warmer than average weather isn't going to stay away. Could summer-like temperatures last well into the fall across New York and the Northeast?. So far this year, Extreme Weather Watch says that it has...
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